KNOX Customization for Education Industry

With Samsung KNOX Customization, you can transform Samsung devices into purpose built appliances to better meet your business needs. In the education industry, content providers and academic institutions are adopting KNOX customization to create a smart learning environment and efficiently manage shared in-class devices. To learn more about KNOX Customization, please visit www.samsung.com/business/knox-customization and contact us at knoxcustom@samsung.com

Creating an innovative smart learning environment has become a key interest to educational content providers.

Educational content business is changing its form from paper-based to IT-based, and mobile devices are becoming an integrated medium of educational content such as videos, textbooks, tests and quizzes.

However, there are several limitations when using standard tablets in a learning environment.

Rather than focusing on class, students tend to use the devices for fun playing games, texting each other, and even shopping online. So, devices need to be controlled and managed for proper educational use.

Filtering and limiting Internet access are key responsibilities of educational providers, as Internet is a boundless source of inappropriate information for students.

Charging is another big concern for educational providers. Devices cannot be charged in a standard way, when already connected to a USB accessory, such as keyboards that are often used during class.

These concerns of educational content providers can be addressed with KNOX Customization.

It provides Professional Kiosk Mode, whitelisting and blacklisting of content access, and enables device charging through peripherals, to create a safe and stable mobile learning environment.

First of all, Professional Kiosk Mode locks down devices to an educational application ensuring that students stay focused on class.

Through whitelisting and blacklisting of websites and applications, teachers can make sure that students are only given access to academic content and services.

Moreover, with KNOX Customization, devices in host mode can be charged through their peripherals in client mode. This way, tablets can be connected to the power source through keyboards, to simultaneously enable communication and charging.

KNOX Customization opens new doors for the efficient management of shared in-class devices.

Nowadays, schools and academic institutions are increasingly adopting flipped classroom philosophy that emphasize discussion, engagement, and collaboration among learners. In this new educational environment, mobile devices are considered as the key tool for interactive learning.

However, managing tablets in classrooms is not so simple.

First of all, teachers have burden to regularly prepare applications and content through an Ad-hoc process, downloading applications from app stores or transferring files from PCs through USB connection.

As schools usually manage a large number of devices, setting them up one by one usually consumes considerable time and resources.

Also, personal data and settings on shared devices need to be deleted on a regular basis, which is often done through a factory reset. After a factory reset, however, applications and content need to be reinstalled to be used by new students.

Likewise, there are several inefficiencies when preparing and managing tablets for classrooms.

Samsung KNOX customization is the optimal solution to overcome these limitations. It enables bulk deployment of applications and content, bulk device configuration, and quick & easy recovery even after a factory reset.

With KNOX Customization educational applications and content can be remotely deployed to a large number of devices, without having to do it manually.

Device settings such as sound, display and connectivity can also be configured over-the-air with just a few clicks, to suit the educational environment.

Most importantly, all the configurations and customized features are restorable after a factory reset, meaning that applications, content and settings do not have to be manually set again.

Covenant University, ranked as one of the top universities in Nigeria and West Africa, provided powerful and flexible mobile learning devices to its students by customizing Samsung Galaxy Tablets with KNOX Customization.